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by mcintyrem

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I have recently converted one of my computers to RedHat Linux 7.2. I am interested in being able to share files between that computer and my Windows ME computer. Both computers are connected using a Netgear 4-port hub. Does anyone know how to network the two different operating systems so that they'll be able to share files and/or communicate to each other? Thanks.

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by kazma

Install Samba server on the Linux box, that will makes your Linux box to file og print server to all the windows machines. Read or search for Samba stuff.

by mcintyrem

At this time, I having troubles with my Windows system. What new. I am holding this off for a while, but this should help and will keep this on file.

by mark banks

There are two ways. I'm presuming that you know a little about Windows networking in general and file and printer sharing. You can either setup you linux box as a samba server and access your linux box from the network neighborhood/my network placeson your ME machine, or you can set you linux box as a samba client and share you drive/directory in windows.

To setup the samba server presuming you've installed enough on the linux server, look at the file /etc/samba/smb.conf this has all the main details that you need. Ie, to set share directories and what user names can access them, things like the workgroup settings, if shared files are readonly, etc. Presuming that you have entered the correct settings, to start the samba server you type /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start (as root) and then your server should then be seen on your Windows ME machine. One other step is to create a user name. This would be what you log into windows with. You can type smbpasswd -a (username) to add a user, then type smbpasswd username to set their password! good luck!

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